New Comfort

After last weeks half day of teaching in the third/fourth grade, I think I established a new level of comfort in teaching. Tuesday I was in my first grade classroom, and taught for a greater part of the day. I sat and thought to myself at one point during the day that I am not as nervous when it comes to teaching anymore.
When I first started out in my placements and was asked to teach my first lesson I was terrified, and I did not know what to do how how to go about it. This was frustrating for me because I want to be a teacher, and I felt like I did not know how to teach!! When it did come time to teach my first lesson, it was a writing lesson, I had to constantly ask my mentor teach how to go about teaching the lesson and what to do. I felt like I knew nothing and was completely reliant on my teacher. On top of that because I kept asking her how to do it, I felt like I was copying her exact form and ideas-which bothered me. Now I feel as though I have reached a new point in my student teaching career. Yesterday I went up in front of the class and did not have any problems or nerves. I was ready to go. I think I have gotten to that comfort level where I am okay with doing it all on my own, and I am not afraid to make a mistake. Tuesday I went up in front of the class and did not have any apprehensions, instead I was at ease and enjoyed teaching. I have found that there is no need to worry or make sure that everything is correct. Everyone does things differently, and I have began to find some of my ways to go about teaching and my own methods. :) More on this to come later, when I actually teach the whole day!